Device for connecting ox-yokes to cart-poles



R. RAMOS AND A. DE CARDENAS. DEVICE FOR CONNECTING 0X YOKES TO CARTPOLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I9, I9 I-9.

Patented June 22, 1920,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAFAEL RAMOS .AND AMBROSE-DE CARDENAS, OF AGUADA n! PASAJ EROS, CUBA.

nnvrcnron CONNECTING OXYOKES T0 CART-Poms;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we,- RArAIiL RAMos andAMBROSE DE CARDENAs, citlzens of the Reprovements in a DeviceforConnecting 'Ox-' Yokes to Cart-Poles,of whichthe following is aspecification. g 7

This invention relates to the devices for connecting an ox yoke tothepole of carts, and its object is to provide a device of this kind whichis of simpler and cheaper construction than the other similar devices atpresent in use and it also provides a secure connection, no block" beingrequired between the yoke and the pole.

The invention is described with reference to the figures of the annexeddrawings, in which: I

Figure l is a side elevation View of a yoke and the front portion of apole, connected together with the device forming the subject-matter ofthis invention. 7

. Fig. 2 is an end view of' the same. 1

Fig. 3 is an'upper plan view.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. g i

And Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view showing the connectin devicedisengaged.

Assuming a yoke 1 for yoking. oxen and a pole 2 on which .the former isto be held, the device for connecting same together according to thepresent invention consists in a transverse narrow plate 3 arranged onthe upper plain face of the yoke and provided with a raised fiange l ateachie'nd, and on the upper face of this plate 3 rest near its. endflanges at two longitudinal rectangular shaped plates 5 which projecttothe front and to the rearof the central portion of the yoke, and eachone of these lon itudinal plates 5 is provided with two ho es, eachSpecificationof Letters Patent, P t t J n 22, 1920;

Application filed May 19,1919, Serial I No. 298,234.

one near each end, adapted to receive the upwardly projecting threadedends of a U-shaped clamp 6 whose portions remain respectively near thefore'and rear faces'of yoke ,1, this yoke being provided at its centralportion with front projections 7 and rearprojections S which serve tokeep apart the clamps 6, and both clamps are connected 7 together by a"U-shaped, metal member 9 forming an eye 10 at each end for embracmg thelower portion of each clamp, the .lower portion of the member 9 beinginserted in a notch 11 formed in the lower face of the pole 2, and onthe projecting threaded ends of clamps 6 arethreaded nuts 12 tightenedagainst the upper plates 5, thus firmly securing the device in place.

I It is obvious that the form of the plates above the yoke and of theclamps ,andthe member connecting the same can be sli htly changedwithout altering the spirit 0% the invention, which'is as pointed out inthe 1 appended claim.

- That we claim is: I

A device for connecting the yoke to the cart-pole, comprising a pair ofU-shaped clamps embracing the yoke laterally of the pole, a plateresting on the central portion of theyoke and having raised flanges onits ends," plates resting transversely on the first plate near theflanges thereof and projecting to the front and to the rear of the yoke,these second plates being provided at its pros jecting portions "withholes through which pass the upper ends of the clamps,"a U- shapedmember beneath the pole connecting one clamp with the other one andbeing inserted in a notch in the pole, and nuts screwed on the threadedends of said clamps and tightening against the projecting ends of theclamps. f p

In witness whereof we afiix our signatures.

' RAFAEL RAMOS.

, AMBROSE DE, CARDENAS.

